Benoît_Fould

Benoît Fould

Benoît Fould

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Benoît (Bénédict) Fould (21 November 1792 – 28 July 1858) was a French banker and scion of the Fould family.[1]

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Fould was married to Helena Oppenheim, daughter of Salomon Oppenheim, founder of Sal. Oppenheim private bank. The bride's dowry made part of the initial capital of the new bank, Fould-Oppenheim et Cie.[2] Ferdinand de Lesseps would name Fould as a founder of the Suez Canal Company.[3]

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    Schijf, Huibert (2005). "Jewish Bankers 1850–1914: Internationalization along Ethnic Lines". In McCabe, Ina Baghdiantz (ed.). Diaspora Entrepreneurial Networks: Four Centuries of History. Berg. pp. 191–216. ISBN 185973880X.
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    Pohl, Manfred; Freitag, Sabine, eds. (1994). Handbook on the History of European Banks. Edward Elgar. p. 451. ISBN 1781954216.
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    Karabell, Zachary (2003). Parting the desert: the creation of the Suez Canal. Alfred A. Knopf. pp. 81-82. ISBN 0-375-40883-5.
  • Janin, Jules (1858). Notice biographique sur M. Benoît Fould.


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